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withdrawal of ground forces from Gaza, this latest military action,
which includes constant bombardment and a land invasion, has
caused approximately 1,800 deaths of mostly civilians, including
hundreds of children. The Israeli military aggression has targeted
schools, hospitals, mosques, the water infrastructure and the main
electricity plant in Gaza. Roughly two-thirds of the Gaza Strip’s
inhabitants — 1.2 million people — are suffering from severe
disruptions to the water and sewage systems, according to
Emergency Water Sanitation and Hygiene, a coalition of around 40
humanitarian groups operating in the occupied territories.
We, social movements, climate justice organisations, popular
organisations, NGOs, youth, women and Indigenous groups from the
Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity,
representing millions of citizens of every colour, creed, nationality
and religious belief and those with none - from Latin America, Asia,
Africa, Europe, North America and the Middle East are united in
condemning these horrific attacks against the besieged men, women
and children of Gaza.
The recent Permanent Peoples Tribunal Hearing in Geneva on June
23, 2014 has made evident that the “water apartheid” imposed upon
the Palestinian people by the State of Israel and its water services
transnational corporation Mekorot is yet another evidence of Israeli
state’s crimes against humanity. The Global Campaign expresses its
solidarity with the people of Palestine and their struggle against the
military occupation, the escalation of violence against innocent
civilians and the transnational corporations that profit from this
aggression.
We do not forget previous massacres perpetrated by the same Israeli
army in Gaza, such as operation "Cast Lead" in 2008-2009, which
resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,500 Palestinians. The Israeli
government is using the same excuses it did 6 years ago to justify its
most recent attack. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has
systematically worked towards destroying the legitimate desire of the
Palestinian people for self-determination and an end to decades of
Israeli Occupation, apartheid and colonialism. We deplore all civilian
casualties and consider that, the State of Israel, as the occupying
force under international law, bears responsibility.
Israel can only repeat its murderous assaults on the Palestinian
people because of the continued support it receives from allies in
Western states and its emerging trading partners in countries like
India, Singapore, Turkey, Colombia, Brazil and Chile. As long as
governments around the world maintain their support for Israel, it is
up to people and social movements to take action. A growing global
consciousness accepts that the path for a lasting peace must include

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the punishment of Israel for its crimes. All actors who are directly and
indirectly responsible for these crimes including those in political
power and the Israeli and international corporations that enable and
profit from the implementation of Israeli illegal policies, must also be
punished.
This is why we encourage you to continue to take action by:
1) Writing a letter to our governments demanding them:
- To divest from Israeli or international corporations until they end
their ties with Israeli illegal policies.
- To impose economic sanctions and supend trade or other bilateral
agreements, until Israel abides by the relevant UN resolutions and
International law.
- To withdraw immediately Ambassadors and suspend diplomatic
relationships with the Government of Israel because of the massacre
it is perpetrating in Palestine.
- To immediately take steps towards a full military embargo against
Israel and to stop all contracts and joint ventures with Israeli military
corporations.
- To use intergovernmental arenas to press for the cessation of
Israel’s current and ongoing aggression and for the immediate lifting
of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.
2) Participating in protests around the world, in order
to:
- Express our strong solidarity to the Palestinian People. Their
suffering is our suffering, their deaths are our deaths and their
struggle is our struggle.
- Add our voices to the countless millions already protesting in the
streets of every capital in revulsion of this latest attack by the Israeli
State.
- Demand that Israel and its enablers be punished for crimes
committed against the people of Gaza and all Palestinians who are
living under occupation.
- Participate and suport the global Boycott, Divest and Sanction
campaign against Israel.